26 June 2008

Misc.

So it's been a while... My excuse? All my time and creative energy last week was spent on the play, and most of what I ate involved light sandwichs or salads grabbed at the local bar between shows. The show, however, was a huge success! We even had to add two shows to accommodate all the people that wanted to reserve tickets.

Aside from that, I just put together a couple little things, like this guacamole to celebrate Camille's first job in France :-) And a first try at a recipe for Belgian cookies called speculoos, which I will be tweaking (I think I did something funny when I calculated my measurements) before hopefully posting.

And finally, good news: the kitchen is finally officially finished!!! I unpacked the last couple boxes on Tuesday and we put up the last kitchen element, a little cabinet that goes over the fridge (see above). It's the first room to be all ready with no boxes left to unpack, very fitting, no? I'm so excited to have all the space to cook in now and everything happily put away in the appropriate places. My sister, Laney, is visiting this week (you might remember her from her mini fig/almond tarts) and I hope we'll have some time to whip up some yummy recipes.

Cicero Sings - Thanks! My sister's full name is Magdalena, but we call her Laney. She and I are definitely going to be doing some painting the town red! We already hit one of my favorite little clothing shops and each bought a summer dress yesterday because the sales just started in Paris :-)

Rosa - The speculoos mould is pretty, isn't it! It's very hard to use though. I guess I need some practice. Makes good kitchen decoration for now :-) Cheers!

Mmm, yum, can you come over here and make that? Yesterday I made a recipe from the Patriot-News, a cantaloupe, peach, yoghurt, jalapeno and (optional for you) cilantro chilled soup. Seemed too simple to be very good, honestly, but turned out to be surprisingly scrumptious. Somehow recipe is not on pennlive so will save hard copy and make you some in exchange for the salmon, deal? Love, Mom